Alpine Valley
Alpine Valley is an adorable Victorian era ring with English hallmarks on the inside shank indicating that it was made in London, England in 1896. The 18k yellow gold cluster style ring centers nine beautiful, all original, seed pearls, each displaying a lovely luster and cream to slightly grayish overtone. The ring is further accented by a pair of deep brownish-red Cabochon Cut garnets each gauged at approximately 2.2mm in diameter. The pretty antique ring is currently a size 6.75 and can be sized to fit.
DETAILS
name
Alpine Valley
style number
10012668
collection
Vintage
era
Victorian
date
1896
metal
Yellow Gold
stone
stone carat
-
certification
No Certificate
dimensions
9.09mm x 9.13mm
cut
Other
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HISTORY
The Victorian Period was named for Queen Victoria, who inherited the throne of England in 1837 when she was only 18 years old. Victoria was young, beautiful, and loved immensely by her subjects. Her tastes in fashion and jewelry were highly regarded and inspired the Victorian jewelry trends of the time. Queen Victoria was married in 1840, and she wore a snake motif ring (a symbol of eternal love at the time) set with her birthstone, a brilliant green emerald, as her engagement ring. In the Victorian era, it was very common for birthstones to be used instead of diamonds for engagement rings. After Victoria’s beloved Albert passed away in 1861, the queen went into the customary mourning period for 18 months, which inspired the gold lockets and black jet pieces commonly seen in this period.
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